- Cochliomyia americana
- C. hominivorax.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Cochliomyia americana
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Cochliomyia — A genus of fleshflies (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae develop in decaying flesh or carrion or in wounds or sores. C. americana incorrect name for C. hominivorax. C. hominivorax the screw worm fly, a species that is a serious pest of livestock … Medical dictionary
Cochliomyia hominivorax — the screw worm fly, a bluish green fly that deposits its eggs during the warmest hours of the day on wounds of animals; the larvae, known as screw worms, after hatching, burrow into the wound and feed on living tissue. Called also C. americana… … Medical dictionary
Neuwelt-Schraubenwurmfliege — (Cochliomyia hominivorax) Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) … Deutsch Wikipedia
blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals. Also, blowfly. [1815 25] * * * ▪ insect also spelled blowfly, any member in a family… … Universalium
НАСЕКОМЫЕ — (Insecta, или Hexapoda), класс типа членистоногих (Arthropoda), необычайно многочисленный. Общее количество видов Н. на земном шаре неизвестно. По ориентировочному подсчету оно достигает по мнению Рейи (Reilly) 10 млн. Число уже известных и… … Большая медицинская энциклопедия
